Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-14

Chicago's AvaIanchs-Prolsibiti Defeated
Other Cities.

In MichIsan-The Result at St. Louis and
Other Cities.
CHICAGO, April 6.-The United Labor
party polled yesterday just one-half the
number OF votes its leaders had predicted
three nights ago before Robert Nelson,
their candidate for mayor, had distinctly
declared for the red flag when he said in
public that if Sunday school children could
march In procession with their chosen ban
ners and no American flag, he saw no rea-
SON why workingmen, if equally orderly,
could not do the same, even II the color OF
their banner was red. Since then the cam
paign had been fought solely on that issue,
and the result was surprise TO every
one, Socialists and anti-Socialists alike
One United Labor alderman was the only
successful candidate of that party, and their
general ticket was buried under a majority
of $4,000 votes. In the absence OF
Democratic ticket, the Democrats
who voted cast their ballots al
most unanimously for the Republican can
dldates, but it is estimated that about ten
per cent. OF the Democrats failed TO vote at
all, not wishing TO vote Republican ticket
and unwilling TO indorse the candidates OPP
posing. Returns show the United Labor
party elected Conner, their candidate for
alderman in the Fifth ward. Dvorak, their
alderman in the Sixth, is defeated. Con-
ners majority is less than 400. The total
vote for mayor is: Roche, Republican,
81, 0S9: Nelson, United Labor, % S4S. Roche's
majority is 2S, 24l.
WISCONSIN ELECTION.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, April 6.-The State
election was for Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court and Harlow s. Orton, Dem
ocrat, was reelected without opposition
Milwaukee County voted on Judge of the
Circuit and Judge of the Superior Court
The Democrats and Republicans placed
fusion ticket in the field against the Labor
party. Twenty-Five city precincts heard
from gave d. II. Johnson, Democrat, and
George H. Noyes, Repu Dlican, the fusion
judicial candidates, l, 40 majority over the
Labor candidates. At midnight all but one
city and four town precincts had been heard
from giving the Citizens ticket 600 major
ity over the Labor ticket. The Labor
ticket carried the city by loo The
Fusionists elected fifteen out of twenty-five
aldermen. Eau Claire and Racine elected
Citizens tickets against the Knights of La
Dor candidates. In Whitewater the Demo-
cratic-Labor combination won, and Madi-
son went Democratic, Senator Conklin be-
ing chosen mayor without opposition. Co
lumbus, Delavan and Toma have elected
Repu blican mayors. In Depere fusion of
Democrats and Republicans won over the
Labor party. Kenosha elected full Labor
ticket.
REPUBLICANS WIN.
O1NCINNAIIs apIll O-k1n OIICldl IOOOIHH
for ward officers shows: Councilmen, ID
Republicans, 8 Labor, 3 Democrats; board
of education, 10 Republicans, 8 Labor, 3
Democrats. A curious fact is that the
Third, Fourth, Nineteenth and Twenty-first
wards, hitherto strongly Democratic, and
the Tenth, Eleventh, Twenty and
Twenty fourth strongly Republican, were
carried yesterday by the Labor party. The
pluralities of the other candidates are from
l 800 to 1000. The complete count for
mayor yesterday shows: Smith, RepubIi-
can, Il, 1853; Matson, Democrat, II, 95l; Ste
venson, Labor, IL, 367. Smiths plurality,
$50.
PROBABLY DEMOCRATIC.
ST. Louis, April 6.-There being no may
or or other city officers elected here this
year, only members of the municipal assem-
bly, being voted for, not much interest was
taken in the contest yesterday. Incom-
plete returns of the election from seventeen
wards would indicate that the Democrats
would have a majority in both houses of
the municipal assembly. The labor vote
can not be got at, but 1T does not seem to
have been as heavy as was expected.
PROHIBITION DEFEATED.
DETROIT, Mich, April 6.-Returns from
Mondays elections are slowly coming IN.
1t being settled that the Republican State
ticket has been elected by about 10000
plurality, the interest ccnters on the Pro-
amendment. The latest figures on
the State ticket place the Republican
at about 5000, while on
the Prohibition amendment the opposition
majority will be about $500.
FIVE TICKETS RUNNING.
DENVER, Col, April 6-There were five
tickets in the field yesterday, Re
publican, Democrat, Independent Democrat,
Labor and Prohibition. A very large vote
was polled, especially by the Labor party. |
The Democrats held their own notwith- |
the split in the party, but indica-
tons were that the Republicans had elected |
Mr.. Lee mayor by LOO to 1,6O0 majority. |
NEELY ELECTED.
LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, April 6.-Mayor |
Neely's election is conceded as fact by |
majority. A full vote was polled |
out of a registration of 1900 votes. Mayor
Neely's election is conceded by D. r. An |
thony and Thomas A. Garrigues, the Re-
publican nominee. but charges of fraud are
heard and contest is almost certain
ELECTIONS AT KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 6.-The election
yesterday went IN favor of Mayor Kumpf,
by plurality of 3,245. He
polled 1896. WEIGH, the Labor candidate,
polled 1925: Worthen, Democrat, 3, 124.
The election in Kansas City, Kan,
thought to be in favor of Hilhker, Citizen,
defeating Hannah, Repu blican-Labor, by
LOO